District Nurse Team Leader

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full Time 37.5 hours per week, Band 7 Team Leader within the District Nursing Team - Cardigan/Newcastle Emlyn within Ceredigion. This role will be for one of the 3 District Nurse teams within the locality., The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and leadership of a team of community staff nurses and health care support workers, with the support of two Band 6 staff.The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership and work as part of the MDT, in order to meet the needs of the caseload and local population, and must be both an experienced clinician and manager of staff.The ability to travel between locations in a timely manner is essential for this post.

We are looking for a motivated candidate with significant previous community nursing and staff management experience and a specialist practitioner qualification to lead community nursing services into the future., The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff, and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers. Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services